Sec. 331.9. “Small house health facility” means a freestanding, self-contained comprehensive care health facility that has the following characteristics:

(1) Has at least ten (10) and not more than twelve (12) private resident rooms in one (1) structure that has the appearance of a residential dwelling, that is not more than eight thousand (8,000) square feet, and that includes the following:

(A) A fully accessible private bathroom for each resident room that includes a toilet, sink, and roll in shower with a seat.

(B) A common area living room seating area.

(C) An open full-sized kitchen where one hundred percent (100%) of the resident’s meals are prepared.

(D) A dining room that has one (1) table large enough to seat each resident of the dwelling and at least two (2) staff members.

(E) Access to natural light in each habitable space.

(2) Does not include the following characteristics of an institutional setting:

(A) A nurse’s station.

(B) Room numbering or other signs that would not be found in a residential setting.

(3) Provides self-directed care.

As added by P.L.229-2011, SEC.161. Amended by P.L.6-2012, SEC.114.